Patent Public Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - November 2015

Event Summary

November 19, 2015

9:00 AM ET - 1:45 PM ET

USPTO Headquarters

600 Dulany Street

Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA)

Alexandria, VA 22314

Add to Calendar 2015-11-19 09:00:00 2015-11-19 09:00:00 Patent Public Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - November 2015 Public Session: 9:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov. Time Topic Principal(s) 9:00 - 9:05 Call To Order Session Opening •Introductions & PPAC Remarks Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair 9:05 - 9:15 Opening Remarks Michelle Lee, Under Secretary and Director of the USPTO 9:15 - 10:30 Quality Initiative Update •Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative Drew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents Sandie Spyrou, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality 10:30 - 10:40 Patent Examination Policy Update •Comments on 101 Guidance Bob Bahr, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy 10:40 - 10:55 >>> Break <<< 10:55 - 11:20 Operations Update • Patent Statistics Donald Hajec, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations 11:20 - 11:40 Regional Offices Update •Silicon Valley •Midwest John Cabeca, Director, Silicon Valley Regional Office Christal Sheppard, Director, Midwest Regional Office 11:40 - 12:10 International Update •WIPO •Global Dossier Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Mark Powell, Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation 12:10 - 12:30 PTAB Update •Rulemaking •Pilot Programs Nathan Kelley, Acting Chief Judge, PTAB 12:30 - 1:00 >>> Lunch <<< 1:00 - 1:15 OCIO/Patent-End-to-End Update John Owens, Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens, Associate Commissioner for Patent Information Management David Landrith, PE2E Portfolio Manager 1:15 - 1:25 Legislative Update Dana Colarulli, Director, Office of Governmental Affairs 1:25 - 1:40 Finance/Budget Update Tony Scardino, Chief Financial Officer 1:40 - 1:45 Discussion/Wrap-Up Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair 1:45 - 2:00 >>> Break and Transition to PPAC Hearing <<< 2:00 - 5:00 PPAC Public Hearing on Patent Fee Adjustments PPAC Quarterly Meeting [Video] PPAC Fee Setting Agenda USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Alexandria, VA 22314 United States USPTO Headquarters 600 Dulany Street Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Alexandria, VA 22314 United States USPTO Headquarters America/New_York public

Virtual Location

PPAC Quarterly Meeting

Meeting ID/Number

995 374 980

Access Code

995374980

Meeting Password

123456

Phone Number

Audio: 1-650-479-3208

Public Session: 9:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Please submit questions to ppac@uspto.gov.

Time	Topic	Principal(s)
9:00 - 9:05	Call To Order Session Opening •Introductions & PPAC Remarks	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair
9:05 - 9:15	Opening Remarks	Michelle Lee, Under Secretary and Director of the USPTO
9:15 - 10:30	Quality Initiative Update •Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative	Drew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents Sandie Spyrou, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality
10:30 - 10:40	Patent Examination Policy Update •Comments on 101 Guidance	Bob Bahr, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy
10:40 - 10:55	>>> Break <<<
10:55 - 11:20	Operations Update • Patent Statistics	Donald Hajec, Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
11:20 - 11:40	Regional Offices Update •Silicon Valley •Midwest	John Cabeca, Director, Silicon Valley Regional Office Christal Sheppard, Director, Midwest Regional Office
11:40 - 12:10	International Update •WIPO •Global Dossier	Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs Mark Powell, Deputy Commissioner for International Patent Cooperation
12:10 - 12:30	PTAB Update •Rulemaking •Pilot Programs	Nathan Kelley, Acting Chief Judge, PTAB
12:30 - 1:00	>>> Lunch <<<
1:00 - 1:15	OCIO/Patent-End-to-End Update	John Owens, Chief Information Officer Debbie Stephens, Associate Commissioner for Patent Information Management David Landrith, PE2E Portfolio Manager
1:15 - 1:25	Legislative Update	Dana Colarulli, Director, Office of Governmental Affairs
1:25 - 1:40	Finance/Budget Update	Tony Scardino, Chief Financial Officer
1:40 - 1:45	Discussion/Wrap-Up	Esther Kepplinger, PPAC Chair
1:45 - 2:00	>>> Break and Transition to PPAC Hearing <<<
2:00 - 5:00	PPAC Public Hearing on Patent Fee Adjustments